Climbs

Probably unclimbed. Initially a grade of 8A+/B was suggested but no one has been able to repeat it despite many attempts from strong suitors. The discrepancy between the proposed difficulty and the actual difficulty, combined with Gaskin's history of unsubstantiated ascents suggest this one is unlikely to be possible at the proposed grade.

There is some confusion around the name with the route being called General Dismissal in places.

Neil Foster:

Dave Lee was 'the General' (and also 'Chesters', because he came from Chesterfield).

He was a brilliant climber, doing several excellent new routes in Cheedale, and spending a lot of time on the Nettle Buttress line (which I think he got pretty high on, but could never regain that high point).

One day, [Chris] Gore quipped that he was going to do it and call it General Dismissal, which was the first time that (potential) name surfaced.

Dougie [Hall] did the FA, but I don't think he named it.

I'm pretty sure I asked Chesters at the time if he liked General Incompetence, as a light hearted homage to his (ultimately unsuccessful) seige, and he did, thinking it was funny.

That's why it ended up as General Incompetence. [1]

References

[1] https://ukbouldering.com/board/index.php/topic,31629.msg649612.html#msg649612

References

[1] http://datenbank.boulderrausch.de/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=831&sid=c1aae3739c58d8f38741f0ce922423de

First tried by Nick Dixon (like everything at Nesscliffe!), James McHaffie then took it on and got tantalisingly close to grabbing the first ascent. His best efforts involved some huge lobs after tickling the good hold at the end of the crux. Steve McClure then took it on and got the first ascent of this very impressive line.